Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

America is another name for opportunity

America is another name for opportunity

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.